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frog_legs Nov 28, 2003 04:16 AM

Hi! I'm new here but hoping someone would kindly help me. Something odd happened to my wtfs. I don't believe that I caused their death. I am a bit confused on what may have happened to them. I need to get your expert advice on what you think may have been the problem.
I have several terrariums especially set up for them. The temp is right and all appears ok. They were eating fine, moving around. I haven't found anything in the terrarium that could have hurt them. Have you ever seen this to happen to anyone else?
Any insight that you may have on what is going on with the White's Tree Frog babies would be greatly appreciated. He was ok one minute and then gone the next. It happened that suddenly.
I am trying to attach you some photo's of the last little
frog that died. Since I am new, I have really no clue, but I'm trying it. If the pictures are not there, will someone tell me how so that you can help.
Thanks bunches,
Lacey

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Colchicine Nov 28, 2003 08:58 AM

With the absence of any evidence pointing towards a cause of death, there is nobody here that can help you. You did not list anything about their habitat including temperatures, furniture, or anything about their diet including supplements. Your responsibility as the owner of a live animal is to be fluent enough with medical definitions to be able to recognize abnormal behavior and abnormal conditions. There are lots of Web pages specific to amphibians and even to White's tree frogs that will list common medical problems. What you can do in the future before you get any new frogs is to thoroughly disinfect everything in your terrariums, throw away anything that cannot be sterilized, and start all over since a contagious pathogen could always be the root cause. I also recommend frequent checkups to the veterinarian so that perhaps they can recognize problems before they get too serious. Otherwise, if you were to find one of the frogs had died recently, refrigerate it before you get it to a veterinarian and have them do a necropsy.

Otherwise, stick around here on these forums (visit daily)and you'll learn plenty to get you by!
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